“I am currently an assistant professor at the University of Oregon School of Law. I teach criminal law, appellate advocacy, and an Inside Out class at a prison in Oregon. My research focuses on parole-release decisions and improving prison conditions.”

– Kristen Bell, JD ’13, Assistant Professor, University of Oregon School of Law

“I am an attorney advisor at the Office of Intelligence in the National Security Division of the U.S. Department of Justice. We provide legal support for and conduct oversight of several intelligence agencies. I joined the Justice Department after clerking on the Northern District of California and the Eleventh Circuit.”

– Daniel Cassman, JD ’13, Attorney Advisor, U.S. Department of Justice

Jane is an Attorney-Adviser in the Office of the Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of State. She currently advises on the visa waiver program and arrangements to share consular information with foreign partners. Previously, Jane advised on UN Security Council sanctions programs, including sanctions relating to the DPRK, Iran, Iraq, and Haiti. Prior to joining the Department of State, Jane clerked for Judge McKeown on the Ninth Circuit and for Judge Ellis on the Eastern District of Virginia.

– Jane Farrington, JD ’13, Attorney-Adviser, U.S. Department of State, Office of the Legal Adviser

Following clerkships on the U.S. Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court, Matthew Ferraro joined the law firm WilmerHale in Washington, D.C.  Matt is currently a Senior Associate in the firm’s regulatory department and in the Defense, National Security, and Government Contracts group.  A former U.S. intelligence officer who also spent a law school summer working for the U.S. Department of State’s Office of the Legal Advisor, Matt now works at the intersection of national security and private law.  He counsels clients on matters related to defense and national security issues, cybersecurity, and strategic response.  Matt also conducts internal investigations and counsels clients on a range of government contract issues.  His clients include defense contractors, leading technology companies, and financial institutions, among others.  He provides clients with strategic counseling and advocacy before a range of governmental and regulatory bodies.  And Matt considers it a privilege to maintain an active pro bono appellate litigation practice on behalf of indigent clients.  A Term Member of the Council on Foreign Relations, he has written widely in a personal capacity on intelligence and national security issues.

– Matthew Ferraro, JD ’13, Senior Associate, WilmerHale

“I am an attorney in the Civil Appellate Staff of the U.S. Department of Justice, which I joined through the Attorney General’s Honors Program in 2014. At Civil Appellate I handle a wide array of civil appeals, mostly in administrative law cases and cases involving constitutional challenges to federal statutes or policies.”

– Will Havemann, JD ’13, Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice

“I am an associate at Moskovitz Appellate Team, where I work exclusively on civil appeals, mostly on behalf of clients who were plaintiffs in the trial court. I joined the firm after a couple of years at Rosen Bien Galvan & Grunfeld LLP, where I worked on civil rights, criminal defense, and general litigation matters.”

– Chris Hu, JD ’13, Associate, Moskovitz Appellate Team

“My public interest journey has been one wild, exciting ride – straight back to Afghanistan after SLS graduation, a stint clerking with the Honorable Harry Pregerson, then to the halls of Justice with the DOJ Inspector General from 2015-2020, followed by time of Capitol Hill with US House oversight duties, and now back into the Navy to coordinate personnel and policy for the fleet. Through the highs and lows, I’ve been so grateful to be on the public service path because I never had to wonder if I was chasing money or feeding my ego, the rewards come from the world I am leaving behind for my children. I am so thankful to SLS for giving me the tools to navigate choppy seas, the foresight to peer over the horizon, the friends to steady me when I grew weary, and the confidence to nudge the arc just a bit more towards Justice.”

– Jake Klonoski, JD ’13

“I have a solo immigration, land use, and civil litigation practice in San Diego: lots of Removal defense and Detention center work, some planning and administrative law, and the occasional contract review. “

– Adrian LeCesne, JD ’13, Attorney, Law Office of Adrian LeCesne

Ruth is Principal Administrative Analyst for budget in the City and County of San Francisco’s Human Services Agency. Ruth helps to manage the over $900 million per year budget for HSA, which administers public benefit and other social service programs for San Francisco. Prior to working in HSA, Ruth was a Project Leader with the Harvard Kennedy School Government Performance Lab, based in California. Ruth led projects with the California Department of Social Services, the City and County of San Francisco, and Alameda County. Through these projects, she worked on improving and expanding workforce development services for food stamps recipients across the state, and helped develop a program for out-of-school youth as part of a public housing redevelopment initiative in San Francisco called HOPE SF. Ruth also worked on a program to engage individuals with a felony conviction in Alameda County who recidivate, in addition to helping manage a project with the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority aiming to improve their use of data in managing their homeless services contracts. During law school, Ruth worked with the Community Law Clinic, and also spent a summer in the Internal Revenue Service Office of Chief Counsel. She holds a JD and an MA in Economics from Stanford University, as well as a BA with Honors in Economics from Stanford.

– Ruth Levine, JD ’13, Principal Administrative Analyst, City and County of San Francisco’s Human Services Agency

“After graduating in 2013, I moved to Houston to clerk on the Southern District of Texas and the Fifth Circuit, expecting to return to California and look for a job as a prosecutor afterward.  When my district judge invited me to come back in a career capacity, I jumped at the opportunity, and I’ve been a career clerk ever since. I love the variety and challenges of my work for the court, the freedom to look for the right answer without any conflicting client interests, and the wonderful people I work with. In 2021, I finally made it back to California, where I now clerk on the Central District.”

– Kevin O’Herin, JD ’13, Career Law Clerk to Judge Stanley Blumenfled, Jr., U.S. District Court, Central District of California

Wendy Salkin is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy and, by courtesy, of Law at Stanford University. Her research is in political philosophy, philosophy of race, and philosophy of law, and intersects with questions in moral philosophy and feminist philosophy. After completing her J.D. at Stanford, Wendy served as a law clerk to the Honorable Judge Rosemary Barkett and the Honorable Judge Adalberto Jordan on the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit in Miami, Florida, and as legal advisor to Judge Barkett on the Iran-United States Claims Tribunal in The Hague. She then completed her Ph.D. in Philosophy at Harvard University. She is currently finishing a book, Not Just Speaking for Ourselves: The Ethics of Informal Political Representation.

– Wendy Salkin, JD ’13, Assistant Professor of Philosophy and, by courtesy, of Law, Stanford University

Omar Shakir serves as the Israel and Palestine Director at Human Rights Watch, where he investigates human rights abuses in Israel, the West Bank, and Gaza and has authored several major reports, including a 2021 report comprehensively documenting how Israeli authorities are committing the crimes against humanity of apartheid and persecution against millions of Palestinians. As a result of his advocacy, the Israeli government deported Omar in November 2019. Prior to his current role, he was a Bertha Fellow at the Center for Constitutional Rights, where he focused on US counterterrorism policies, including legal representation of Guantanamo detainees. As the 2013-14 Arthur R. and Barbara D. Finberg Fellow at Human Rights Watch, he investigated human rights violations in Egypt, including the Rab’a massacre, one of the largest killings of protesters in a single day. A former Fulbright Scholar in Syria, Omar holds a JD from Stanford Law School, where he co-authored a report on the civilian consequences of US drone strikes in Pakistan as a part of the International Human Rights & Conflict Resolution Clinic, an MA in Arab Studies from Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Affairs, and a BA in International Relations from Stanford.

– Omar Shakir, JD ’13, Director, Human Rights Watch

“I am a Research and Writing Attorney at the Oregon Federal Public Defender’s Office. I work on trial and appellate level criminal litigation, and I also supervise our office’s law clerk program. Prior to working at the Federal Public Defender’s Office, I was a state public defender in Portland, working in both the misdemeanor and felony trial units.”

– Jessica Snyder, JD ’13, Attorney, Oregon Federal Public Defender’s Office

Julian Simcock is the lead lawyer to the Office of the Special Envoy to Sudan and South Sudan at the State Department.  In that capacity, he serves as a member of the U.S. delegation to the South Sudan peace process.  He also participates in sanctions negotiations with the Government of Sudan and in ceasefire talks with the Darfuri rebel movement.  Prior to assuming his current position, he served on a delegation to Cuba as part of the United States’ normalization negotiations and worked on arbitration matters regarding Iran.

– Julian Simcock, JD ’13, Attorney-Adviser, U.S. Department of State, Office of the Legal Adviser

“I am an Assistant District Attorney at the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office in New York, NY.  I am currently assigned to the Office’s Trial Division, where I prosecute a variety of street crimes and white collar crimes, including robberies, burglaries, identity theft, and grand larcenies.  Before that, I was assigned to the Office of the Special Narcotics Prosecutor, where I conducted short- and long- term investigations of narcotics trafficking organizations and also prosecuted street-level narcotics enforcement cases.”

– Aaron Teitelbaum, JD ’13, Assistant District Attorney, Manhattan District Attorney’s Office

“I’m the Climate Policy Director for NextGen Policy Center in Sacramento (with frequent visits to NextGen HQ in San Francisco). Our mission is to advance policies to prevent climate disaster, promote prosperity, and protect the fundamental rights of every American. Our founder, Tom Steyer, is a business leader and philanthropist who believes we have a moral responsibility to give back and help ensure that every family shares the benefits of economic opportunity, education, and a healthy climate.

My work focuses on developing approaches to fully decarbonizing our electricity and transportation systems. This means thinking about clean energy policy, analyzing and suggesting improvements to carbon market rules, developing smart approaches to transitioning away from fossil fuel production-based economies, and working to reduce environmental, health, and economic impacts to vulnerable communities. Most of my efforts are focused at the state level for now, in multiple states, but especially California.”

– Dave Weiskopf, JD ’13, Climate Policy Director, NextGen Policy Center